Car Shenanigans With TheGifMan #2: Keyless Cars
So today I am going to talk about why keyless cars are completely unnecessary. Keyless ignition systems might seem useful and innovative, but they’re not. They can really come back around and bite you in they butt if they breakdown or break.
So today I am going to talk about why keyless cars are completely unnecessary. Keyless ignition systems might seem useful and innovative, but they’re not. They can really come back around and bite you in they butt if they breakdown or break.
What’s wrong with a key? When did a key go out of style, or obsolete? Why do we need a push to start button and a key fob to start our cars?
This might seem like a good idea to you at first but if the ignition system breaks down, your screwed. According to Scotty Kilmer’s video on “Why Keyless Cars Are Stupid” (btw Scotty Kilmer has been a mechanic for like 50 years so I think he knows what he’s talking about.) he had a customer come in with his Infiniti in with a broken keyless ignition system and it ended up costing $1500 dollars to fix it. That’s a lot of car parts you can buy with that money! But when the key wore out on Mr. Kilmer’s Celica, he replaced it for 2 bucks at his local hardware store. He also had a customer with a Toyota who needed another keyless remote made for the car, and it ended up costing him $550 dollars at the dealership.
But you might argue that cars with keyless cars are harder to steal. Well, some cars have immobilizer keys, according to Wikipedia, an immobilizer key prevents the car from being hotwired. It prevents the engine from running unless the correct key is in the car. So cars without keyless ignition systems aren’t very easy to steal either.
The last reason pretty much proves that keyless ignition systems are unnecessary. When the battery dies in a car with a keyless ignition system you won’t be able to get in your car, so what do they hide in the keyless fob? AN ACTUALLY KEY! So what’s the point? (You can see what I’m talking about at 2:50 in the video below)
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope your looking forward to the next one!
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My car has a key put it would still cost like $500 to repair just the key, idk about the ignition cylinder. Scotty Kilmer is still stuck in the old days, he made a video about why Mercedes sucks but literally half his points were invalid
That was such a dumb video, Mercedes would trump a Camry any day
True. I posted this video back when he made it and the CTzens corrected me so I unsubbed.
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/WoKN4/
There are always, have always been and will always be people who just dont like new stuff (like new technology) so they will hate on it. I bet when the first remote key came out there where people hating on it aswell, telling everyone you dont need that and it worked fine without it…. just like KeylessGO this time
Yeah it’s kinda funny watching that video. He has some good points, but then there are some that are just stubborn and old.
100% agree here. Push-button start is nothing more than a gimmick to make a car seem more luxurious or upmarket. I feel the same about many tech features on modern cars
Keys aren’t needed anymore. Your key doesn’t start your car, its the chip in the key that allows the car to start. Automakers went keyless because the physical key is now vestigial.
It only really makes sense on a Mercedes or similar luxury car, where the whole point is being loaded with tech. They also do it right, to where you never have to touch the key.
On anything less stupidly luxobarge, it’s pointless
i have it on my suzuki swift sport. That’s no luxury car. but it’s nice to just jump in the car and go.
If you lived with one you’d want to never go back. It’s just easier. Trust me!
I got my car (with KeylessGO) for 2 weeks now and I have to say its pretty nice. Its one of those things you dont really need, but once you had it you dont really want to miss it. Like cruise controll. You dont need that either but it makes your life a bit easyer
The one reason we car guys like keyless, NOTHING SMACKING MY KNEES WHEN I DRIVE!
Have you considered not hanging a bunch of stuff off your keys? Lol I have a detachable key ring so I can remove the extras from my car key when I drive
All my cars have keys thank goodness now I’m worried about both my mom and dad
When the hell did a button with a little antenna become so expensive all you do is join two wires abd it starts like 1500 dollars really
Because it needs to be coded to your car and because of that they can charge as much as they want for it because you have no alternatives
I’m personally in love with keyless and start stop buttons but they do seem quite pointless
I hate keyless. I had to drive a rental car to a formal function, and it kept sliding out of my pocket while driving, so I put it in the cup holder. I could have easily forgotten it or lost it and we would have been stranded in the city 100 miles away. If the car remained unlocked with the key in the cupholder, someone could easily steal the car.
And there was also the ritual that was something like turn on E-brake, hold the footbrake, engage the flux capacitor, pray to Ginesh, then press the button, then do everything in reverse.
I could have easily forgotten it
The car beeps at you if you try to lock it with the fob still in the car
lost it and we would have been stranded in the city 100 miles away
How is that different to a normal key?
And there was also the ritual that was something like turn on E-brake, hold the footbrake, engage the flux capacitor, pray to Ginesh, then press the button, then do everything in reverse.
You dip the clutch in a manual and hold the break in an Auto. Its not rocket science.
I love keyless ignition and entry. Its really convenient not having the fumble around my pockets for my key. Not to mention it isn’t the key that starts your car, its the transducer in the remote that allows your car to start. Modern keyed cars usually have identical keys. My mom’s Honda crv and my dad’s accord have the same key. This is why manufacturers went keyless, the key is vestigial now. Both a key and keyless system would cost the same to repair now because what you pay for in modern keys is the coding in the key chip, not for the actual hardware.
What you’re referring to is called “passive entry” not keyless entry, any car with a fob has keyless entry. Passive entry is when the car detects the key and unlocks either as you approach or when you touch a small button on the handle